Kirk Ferentz
Kirk Ferentz
Kirk James Ferentzis an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at the University of Iowa, a position he has held since 1999, and is a four-timeBig Ten Coach of the Year, more than any other current coach in the Big Ten. From 1990 to 1992, Ferentz was the head football coach at the University of Maine. He has also served as an assistant coach with the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens of the National...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth1 August 1955
call confidence courage defense great huge individual initially looked refused takes
It takes a lot of courage and confidence in your defense to make that call and most importantly, they executed. It looked initially like we had them stopped, but it was a great individual effort. He refused to go down, and it was a huge play in the game.
amazing basically last running year
What he did last year was amazing when we basically had no running attack,
I thought we were onside, but I'm a little biased.
clock looking
We're kind of looking at the clock right now. There's not much else to say.
everybody good news sure
We're not sure where everybody is going to end up. The good news is, we really like what we see.
best build football game played playing
They played their best football at the end of the season. If you're playing better at the end of the season, that's something you can build on. They're going to come in here ... and it can be a one game season.
great reason state won
There's a reason they made him a quarterback, and it wasn't because he was a great thrower, I don't think, ... They made him a quarterback, and they won the state championship.
becomes everybody games guys picture playing position role strengths weaknesses works
You see guys playing in games and the picture becomes a little more clear. Plus, everybody has a little different role in the backfield and each of the guys we have has some different strengths and weaknesses so we'll try to get them in a position that works for them.
outfit plays several tough
There were so many plays ... where we really made it tough on ourselves. We're the kind of outfit that can't make a costly error, or too many of them. When you have several of them it kind of compounds the problem.
coming concerns cured looks
Any concerns they may have had offensively coming in, it looks like they cured them today.
ball gave last needed pass protection security year
Ball security and pass protection -- two things we really needed last year -- he gave us.
best hits
He hits it hard. That's the best thing he does.
embodies great model monday role saturday
He embodies what we like to be about. You know every Saturday what you're going to get from him, or every Monday or every Tuesday. ... He's a great role model for everybody.
looked
He looked a lot onside to me. But I'm biased.